When did life first stir in the vast expanse of our universe? This tantalizing question has intrigued scientists for generations. Imagine a time, approximately 15 million years after the Big Bang, when the cosmos was bathed in radiation at room temperature. In a groundbreaking 2013 paper, Avi Loeb dubbed this era the "habitable epoch" of the early universe. Could life have emerged during this primordial period, obviating the need for a sun to keep us warm? The cosmic radiation background from our fiery beginning might have been sufficient. But did life truly begin that early?